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Today we’ve made Launchpad’s October 2007 release, 1.1.10!

Let’s take a look at some of the highlights:

• Faster translations imports: more efficient import process to avoid queues at busy times.
• New badges in branch listings: highlight mirroring errors and branches that have blueprint links.
• Create FAQs from solved as well as open questions.
• Easier sprint admin: meeting organisers can now download a CSV file of attendee details.
• Adding a bug watch now checks for dupes: Launchpad will show all bugs that share a bug watch. Ideal for finding duplicate reports.
• File downloads: product and series owners can now add downloadable files to a project.
• PPA packages are now overridden to the main component and can be built against all Ubuntu components.

Ubuntu bug triagers will be pleased to hear that the “Source package” panel has returned to distribution package bug pages.

Also this month we’re pleased to welcome Zope 2, Exaile and the Mobile and Internet Linux project who are now using Launchpad to track their bugs!

For a detailed view of what’s new in each part of Launchpad, read the full 1.1.10 release notes.

Earlier today we release Launchpad 1.1.9! So, what’s new this time round?

• New “remote” branches: register a remote branch if you want Launchpad to monitor it and link to its code-browser but you don’t want Launchpad to import the branch itself. Ideal for security related branches.
• bzr+ssh is now the recommended way to upload a branch to Launchpad. sftp is still available.
• We’ve updated the PPA terms of service to allow for a wider range of free and open licences.
• You can now search for Incomplete bugs based on whether they’ve had a response or not.
• If you add a bug watch in an external tracker that Launchpad doesn’t already know about you can add the new bug tracker at the same time.
• Upstream projects now have a view to show all bugs that need to be forwarded to that project from a distribution.
• All of a project’s translation files are downloadable in a single tarball.
• KDE plurals and context strings are now supported in translation imports and exports.

There’s plenty more in this release, too. Stay subscribed to this blog for more on individual features and take a look at the full 1.1.9 release notes for every last detail.

As ever, we want to hear from you and there a few ways to get in touch:

• join the launchpad-users mailing list
• visit #launchpad on Freenode
• come along to our weekly development meeting - 14.00UTC Thursdays in #launchpad
• take part in one of our user meetings - keep your eye on this blog for the date of the next meeting
• email feedback@launchpad.net.

Earlier this morning, we unleashed Launchpad 1.1.8, our release for August 2007.

1.1.8 sees a great deal of activity in the Bug Tracker, an important new feature in Code, an exciting development in the Personal Package Archives beta and improvements right across every other part of Launchpad.

Highlights include:

• The Personal Package Archives beta is now ready to start running in Launchpad’s production environment (launchpad.net) and will be available to Launchpad beta testers a day or two after this release.
• Branch owners can now specify which branch, if any, they intend to merge their code into. This will make it easier for other Launchpad users to understand the original branch owner’s intentions for their code.
• People, projects and distribution series (e.g. Ubuntu Feisty) have pages showing their own translation import queues.
• Branches with no subscribers, links or mirrors can be deleted.
• Emails from the Bug Tracker now state the bug’s milestone in the header.
• Setting a bug’s tag is now possible using the email interface.
• The bug view page is easier to use following several interface improvements.

There’s a whole load more, too! Read the full release notes to find out more.

The past four weeks have flown by in a flurry of activity here in the
Launchpad team, resulting in the most improvements of any 2007 release
so far! 1.1.7 brings bug fixes and new features right across Launchpad.

What’s new in 1.1.7?

Highlights in Launchpad 1.1.7 include:

• Larger font size: visit launchpad.net and you’ll see that we’ve increased the size of the text used on the site, making it easier to read Launchpad’s default text size.
• New remote bug tracker support: Launchpad can now track bugs in the Mantis bug tracker. (Find out more)
• Improved duplicate bug handling: if someone has already reported the bug you’ve encountered it’s now much easier to select that report rather than create a duplicate.
• Frequently Asked Questions in the Answer Tracker: answer contacts can now mark frequently asked questions and create a canonical answer that is available to anyone using the Answer Tracker. (Quick-start guide)
• Teams can now set their default language: teams can become an answer contact for a specific language.
• Branch associations: you can now see all bugs, blueprints and subscribers associated with a branch on its branch associations page.

For full details of Launchpad 1.1.7, take a look at the release notes.

I’ll also be blogging here soon in more details about the new features in 1.1.7!

Welcome to Launchpad’s June 2007 release, milestone 1.1.6!

It has been another month of intense activity here on the Launchpad. Alongside the usual bug fixes and incremental improvements, this release introduces:

• Some bug status names have been improved, with no effect on how are they are used. However, two new bug statuses have been introduced that are available only to a project’s bug contacts. You can find out more on the Bug Statuses help page.
• Teams can now only join other teams with the approval of the first team’s administrator.
• Team members can now renew their own memberships, when their membership is close to expiry if the team is set-up with an on-demand policy.
• Answer contacts will now receive notification of new questions in their preferred languages only.
• Launchpad Translations now displays how many and which of a project’s translations diverge from upstream.
• After nearly three years, the rosetta-users mailing list is closing.
• All Launchpad Translations discussion is now on launchpad-users.
• File Downloads - released in 1.1.5 - allow projects to make tarballs, installers and documentation available for download through Launchpad. Find out more in our File Downloads Overview.
• This blog is now live!

Read the full release notes for details of improvements right across Launchpad.

Keep reading the Launchpad News blog to find out what’s new in Launchpad, who’s using it and how you can make the most of it.